Ireland: Aussies asked to email jailed activists!
Wednesday, November 12 @ 17:02:51 CST

On Tuesday last, a further 6 anti-bin tax protesters were jailed for their opposition to the bin tax and to the non-collection of tens of thousands of householders' rubbish in the South Dublin area. Among the 6 jailed was Fionn Ryder (25 years old), Socialist Party member and a member of the branch committee of the An Post branch of the CPSU and David Murphy (20), ISR/Socialist Youth member who was this year elected as a class rep on the University College Dublin (UCD) Student Council.
Matt Waine

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Irish Socialist Party & the Bin Tax Campaign in the National Media (downloads)
Thursday, October 23 @ 22:00:41 CDT

kevin_s writes " SINCE THEIR release from prison last Saturday, Cllr Clare Daly and Joe Higgins TD have been featuring prominently on the national broadcaster RTE. Below you will find downloads of some of these appearences in MP3 and RealPlayer format. Joe Higgins on Saturday View Almost immediatley after his release from Mountjoy Prison, Joe Higgins appeared via telephone on Rodney Rice's Saturday View political debate show. Joe debated the bin tax issue with members of the main establishment parties, fellow Dublin West TD Brian Lenihan (Fianna Fail), Eamonn Gilmore (Labour) and Olivia Mitchell (Fine Gael). You can download the show here
(Opens in New Window) Clare Daly and Michael Murphy on the Marian Finucane Show Clare and Michael appeared on the Marian Finucane Show on Monday morning and debated the bin tax issue with Marian and various callers. You can download the show here
(Opens in New Window) Joe Higgins vs Michael McDowell on Questions & Answers On Monday night, Joe was one of the guests on John Bowman's Questions & Answers TV show political debate show. Also guesting on the show was Minister for Justice Michael McDowell (Progressive Democrats) and Joe took the oppurtunity to tear into government policy on various issues from the bin tax to immigration. You see the show here
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Ireland: Higgins and Daly released!
Sunday, October 19 @ 23:52:08 CDT

Report from website of RTE, Irish state broadcaster

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Ireland: 10 more anti-bin tax protesters jailed
Thursday, October 09 @ 17:51:08 CDT

Thursday morning, October 9, saw 10 local residents jailed for two weeks (one woman with a small child for one week because she has to breastfeed her baby) for their part in the ongoing protests against the imposition of a new charge for collecting rubbish, the bin tax.

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Ireland: Free the bin tax two
Saturday, October 04 @ 04:56:20 CDT

Irish Times columnist misses Joe Higgins and ridicules main parties. The following humorous article was published in the Irish Times newspaper today.

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Please Sign online Petition to Release Socialist MP + Councillor
Thursday, October 02 @ 21:09:30 CDT

Join the growing number of Australians signing this important petition...

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Irish SP analysis the recent jailings and what it means
Saturday, September 27 @ 19:12:31 CDT

Northern Ireland SP Secretary Peter Haddan gives a Marxist explanation of the current battle in Dublin

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Ireland: Higgins replies to ICTU leaders' ''Stab in the back''
Friday, September 26 @ 22:52:23 CDT

Ireland – Free the bin tax two: Joe Higgins infuriated over ICTU leader Begg's "Stab in the back"

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Ireland Bin Tax: 5000 march in Dublin against jailings
Wednesday, September 24 @ 18:19:09 CDT

Five thousand march in Dublin to ‘bin the tax’ and demand the release of Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins and councillor Clare Daly - Plus report of solidarity action by SP at Irish Consul offices in Melbourne

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CWI youth leader set to be jailed in Britain
Saturday, September 20 @ 19:14:01 CDT

Karl Debbaut, the co-ordinator of the International Socialist Resistance (the international CWI led youth socialist movement) is set to be jailed as a result of an incident at an anti-war rally earlier this year in London.

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Ireland: Irish Times photo and article
Saturday, September 20 @ 19:07:00 CDT

Joe Higgins being led into Bridewell Garda station
Picture and report on Irish Times web site. Sunday 21 October 2003

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Ireland: SP MP + Councillor Jailed for 1 month, $50,000 fines
Saturday, September 20 @ 03:16:49 CDT

Jailings will only intensify campaign - A fighting stand taken in a Press Release from Anti-Bin Tax Campaign. Saturday 20th September 2003.

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Ireland: Socialist Party MP and Councillor set to be jailed!
Saturday, September 20 @ 03:11:31 CDT

Ireland: Breaking news
MP Joe Higgins and councillor Clare Daly sent to Mountjoy Prison today!
Their ‘crime’ is defending the poor in the fight against the Bin Tax!

This afternoon a Dublin court summarily meted out one month prison sentences on Socialist Party MP Joe Higgins and Socialist Party councillor Clare Daly.


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A History of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI)
Tuesday, September 02 @ 22:36:38 CDT

By Peter Taaffe

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CWI win union elections in UK and N.Ireland
Monday, August 18 @ 04:17:26 CDT

sp writes "Great breakthroughs for the Marxists"

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Report of Socialism 2003 - Big UK SP public event
Sunday, August 17 @ 23:50:56 CDT

sp writes "Report from London from CWI English/Welsh SP public event, Socialism 2003"

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Report of July 2003 CWI Euro School
Tuesday, August 12 @ 18:33:22 CDT

sp writes "Australian City branch member Harriet Stewart represented SP at this meeting. Read a report from the British SP newspaper, The Socialist"

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The brilliant Marxist Archive site
Tuesday, August 12 @ 01:36:52 CDT

sp writes "Marxist Archive web site, run by CWI - Marxist texts, debates inside CWI and much, much more"

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CWI explained
Friday, August 08 @ 23:18:50 CDT

sp writes "A brief explanation of the ideas, history and principles of the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI), the international alliance of socialist organisations that SP is affiliated to"

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